
Mihara Daruma Festival
Festival food and daruma dolls aplenty. For a daruma market of historic proportions, there's none quite like Mihara City's annual Daruma Festival.
Festival food and daruma dolls aplenty. For a daruma market of historic proportions, there's none quite like Mihara City's annual Daruma Festival.
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Watch men get tossed into snow and behold the messy ash-smearing chaos.
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Daruma dolls are set alight in a traditional Japanese festival.
A traditional Japanese festival with roots tracing back to the 12th Century.
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One of Saga Prefecture's oldest and most popular festivals with enormous floats.
Featuring a parade with traditional costumes and entertainment.
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A festival at the beautiful Kiyomizu-dera Temple.
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